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High Point Monument

High Point Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
High Point Monument, a historic site in New JerseyFamartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
High Point Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
High Point Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
High Point Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
High Point Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
High Point Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

High Point Monument is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 548 m. High Point stands 551 m to the southeast, less than a tenth of a mile off. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 4.2 miles off.

About

The story

Monument on High Point, New Jersey, United States.

Wikidata Q115430579, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1930
Height
67 m
Material
granite
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.32097, -74.66163

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • High Point: 0.0 mi
  • 799': 3.6 mi
  • Point Peter: 4.4 mi
  • Rutan Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Mount McMitchell: 5.7 mi
Parks
  • Tri-States Playground: 2.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Skinners Park: 3.4 mi
  • Airport Park: 3.4 mi
  • Riverside Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites: 46
  • Indian Raid: 2.9 mi
  • Tri-State Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Erie Roundhouse: 4.2 mi
  • Millville Historic District: 6.1 mi
  • Eagle Monument: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 40
  • High Point Beach: 0.5 mi
  • West End Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Stone Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Lake Wallkill Beach: 8.6 mi
  • LakemPanoranma Beach: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Japanese Sika Deer: 7.9 mi
  • Cliff Jump: 12.1 mi
  • Sprayground: 12.1 mi
  • Fishing Village: 12.1 mi
  • Hide Tide Wavepool: 12.1 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Waterfalls: 28
Museums: 19
Gardens: 12
  • Founder's Park: 13.4 mi
  • The Meditation Garden: 14.2 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 15.0 mi
  • New York City: 18.6 mi
  • Midtown: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 3.7 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 3.7 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 3.8 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Buffalo Statue: 7.8 mi
  • Glass Tentacles: 13.1 mi
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 15.9 mi
  • Power Teach: 24.5 mi
Springs: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • The Cliff: 8.6 mi
  • steep bluff: 10.5 mi
  • Pike Rock: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of High Point Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSE551 m0.0 mi
Sunrise MountainSSW500 m7.7 mi
Bald HillW468 m15.1 mi
Little Bald HillW461 m17.0 mi
Rattlesnake MountainSW454 m16.8 mi
Taylor MountainESE454 m17.7 mi
Wawayanda MountainSE448 m13.6 mi
Tarburner RidgeW447 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2619:5420:36
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2215:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836495967727163524131

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sussex 8 NNW, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/236342206

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